Michael Ledo Richard Gere, a retired CIA agent is called back from retirement to find a Soviet assassin believed to have been dead. A senator was murdered with the killer using the same MO as code name "Cassius" a former Russian agent assassin who was never caught. Gere is paired with Topher Grace, a young desk jockey from the FBI. Topher studied Cassius and wrote his thesis on him. He believes Cassius is alive and retired in the US and is the recent killer. Gere claims it is a copy cat killer and does not want to work with Topher.There is an early plot twist, something we get enough hints to clue us in. Even though Topher lacks field experience he is fairly savvy. As they seek out Cassius, bodies start to accumulate. Martin Sheen plays the head of the CIA. While an early mystery is solved for us, there are others that exist. There are action scenes, killings, and drama. I felt the acting brought the film down. Gere was wrong for that role. I really would have liked a hipper Travolta. I did enjoy the soundtrack, which was a mild Russian pagan metal with a good drum beat. Makes for a decent spy drama rental. 7 stars. Gere fans can take it to 8 stars as he looks like he has stayed in pretty good shape for a man his age.No f-bombs, sex, or nudity. Mild swearing.

lynnleyda Requires patience, but is worth it. You think you know what will happen, and then you're suspicious of all of the "other" main characters, and then, after great suspense and action, you find out. Excellent if you like mystery and suspense, with action sequences a bonus.

writetopcat I like the movie, let me say that first. The actors do a good job and there are some nice surprises that you don't see coming. There is a spoiler coming up here now so if you have not seen the film yet stop reading now. When agent Ben Geary begins to suspect that Shepherdson is Cassius his friend tells him to use logic to determine if he is correct. He tells him that if he cannot prove that Sherpherdson is not Cassius then he has statistically proved that he is. I won't waste the time going into all the ways in which this logic is wrong. But just look at the factor he focuses on, i.e. whether Shepherdson was at the crime scenes (on the theory that Cassius would return to the scene to see what the investigators knew). Shepherdson was investigating Cassius and would clearly have gone to any crime scene he suspected Cassius was involved in. But this is a small thing; the movie is still good, a lot of twists and surprises. There is one more criticism I have of this film. None of these highly trained killers can shoot worth a damn.

itsdways This movie has all the components that make a action packed thriller..well not too much action but still a brilliant thriller.. it is pretty hard to figure out the twist and turns this movie takes.. and leaves you wide mouthed many times...do not at all go with the ratings of it in IMDb... I do not know why people underrated it... Just watch the movie to believe its exciting ride..and the plot it reveals is a totally controversial topic in itself...you will never regret watching this movie...and it does not at all fall in "watch and forget movies" type banner.....watch it to believe it...The movie is an epic thriller plot...